The TK going TB

[Arnie]

Final fitting of the hard parts, now with boots.

 

 

And with the pistol in the holster. It really drags it down.

 

 

Also added some lead weights to the drop boxes, so they wont fly around in the wind.

 

 

Next pictures should come tomorrow, and will be WIP of the soft parts

[Griffin-X]

Looks pretty good man! I'm guessing you glued some weights behind the belt boxes. Is that it? If so, cool idea.

[Arnie]

Indeed. Took apart an old cheap airsoftgun to get the weights, and then barried them in hot glue.

[Arnie]

Do anybody have good reference pictures of the riding patches and mudflap?

[Arnie]

Well the cutting and sewing have begun. Starting with the flightsuit.

 

 

Trying before sewing(yes its supposed to be baggy right now )

 

 

And the back suede patches

 

[Arnie]

Busy sewing

 

 

And its a good idea to remember the thigh elastic, so you wont have to cut open the stiches you just made

 

 

Trying it on. The riding patches are too long, so thats going to be a pain to fix!

 

[Arnie]

Much better, me thinks

 

[Griffin-X]

Looks pretty good man. Here's a ref pic from Star Wars Helmets...

 

[Arnie]

Thanks

 

That was actually the pic I wanted to use, but couldnt find it, so thanks

[Arnie]

Stopped with the flightsuit for now and started on the flak vest.

 

 

[Mr.Mike]

ROFLMAO I love the socks!!!!!!!

 

Much better, me thinks

 

[Arnie]

Standard army issue mate

 

Making sleeves for the vest now.

 

[Arnie]

I'll be starting on the pouches while my mom continues on the vest.

I want to use the pinned templates here from BSN, but they seem to be missing the flap that connects the pouch to the cummerbund. Any sugestions on where I should attach this?

 

I'm think between the pouch back and the front flap, but any advice would be greatly apreciated.

[Arnie]

Continuing with the vest sleeves.

 

 

 

Adjusting the sleeve length

 

 

 

I know I dont need to have all the other parts on, but... Baaaah!!

[Arnie]

So the vest is done

 

 

[Arnie]

Need to decide where to place the underarm piece. On the elbow, like an elbow protector, or on the arm overlapping the glove.

I have seen both be done, both on costumes and on screen, so I guess its up to me to decide. I'm securing them to the sleeve with velcro, so I have to decide on a position.

 

So elbow

 

 

...or overlap

 

[Griffin-X]

Need to decide where to place the underarm piece. On the elbow, like an elbow protector, or on the arm overlapping the glove.

I have seen both be done, both on costumes and on screen, so I guess its up to me to decide. I'm securing them to the sleeve with velcro, so I have to decide on a position.

 

So elbow

 

 

...or overlap

 

 

Nice work and very quick progress. Vest looks great. I like the glove overlap look of the arm parts. The biceps are a no-brainer but you get the "slippage" there too. So watch that when you troop. The SWH pic shows how that can look!

[Arnie]

Yeah and I dont want that, hence the velcro. But thanks. I went with the glove overlap

[Arnie]

Progress so far.

 

Flightsuit and vest are more or less done. Need the suede mudflap on the suit, but waiting with that, until the cummerbund is done, and the vest needs velcro to connect that with the cummerbund.

 

Flightsuit alone

 

 

And with the vest

 

 

 

And some hard parts

 

 

Didnt bring my balaclava...

 

 

Cummerbund is WIP and pics will come shortly.

[Arnie]

Only thing thats bugging me a bit, is the distance between the chest/back and the shoulder bells... But it would look weird if they where any higher I think.

 

Any thoughts?

[Griffin-X]

Only thing thats bugging me a bit, is the distance between the chest/back and the shoulder bells... But it would look weird if they where any higher I think.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Overall, very nice. You've done a great job. For mine, I prefer the shoulders a bit higher up. It gives more room for the biceps and looks better on my height (6"2).

 

[Arnie]

Thanks

 

Your shoulders look deeper than mine. Who made them?

[Griffin-X]

Thanks

 

Your shoulders look deeper than mine. Who made them?

 

My armor is all KS, with mods.

[Arnie]

Ran into a major problem with the faux suede used for the riding patches. It have started to fall apart in one place. We have tried fixing it but it kept falling apart in that same place, and now the fabric of the suit is damaged as well.

 

So will have to see if that can be fixed somehow without taking the entire suit apart and sewing in a new piece!!!

 

[Grendel_Blitz]

bummer... would fabric glue help out at all?

 

I have real pig suede so I did not experience this issue.

 

Hope you figure out a solution.

 

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